Nicolai Dunger finished up the album he's doing with Mercury Rev a few weeks ago. No release date yet, but we can probably expect to see it around late fall or early next year.
Lots of news today from The Hellacopters! Looks like they're heading to Brazil in September and maybe even to Australia afterwards, probably sometime in October. They're also putting together some new releases, as always. "Cream of the Crap! Vol. 2" is coming together for a January 2004 release and it will contain 22 tracks recorded between 1995 and 2000. They've also recorded "Pack of Lies" for a Nomads tribute and "Eighteen" for an Alice Cooper one. And that's not all! They're also doing a split 7" with Adam West from the US.
But the biggest news has to be the release of the "Goodnight Cleveland" tour documentary on DVD on September 29 through Escapi. A region 1 (US) version comes out through Music Video Distributors on November 11. The full details:
·NTSC Region 1 DVD (US) , PAL Region 2 DVD (Europe)
Audio: stereo and mono
·New Analog Transfer
·Running Time main movie: 48 min.
·Total running time: 114min.
·Language: English & Swedish
·Subtitles: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian
·Alternate Soundtracks (for main movie only): main program, band commentary, and "a feel good alternate spaghetti-western" version using Morricone Music.
·Bonus Material Highlights: "Search & Destroy" (Stooges) featuring Howlin' Pelle (The Hives), "I Got a Right" (Stooges) featuring Nicke Borg (Backyard Babies) & Odd (Robots), Vintage home video clip of The Hellacopters second ever gig, Dregen singing "Didn't Stop Us" (only ever performed live one time), plus an hour of outtakes from "Goodnight Cleveland".
Detailed Description:
The Hellacopters: Goodnight Cleveland is a fly on the wall documentary following the Hellacopters on their 2002 tour of America. Informed by the techniques of cinema verité and direct cinema developed in the 1960's by master documentary filmmakers such as the Maysle brothers, the band is allowed the space to do what they do without intrusions of any kind from the filmmaker, allowing for glimpses into the magical and mundane moments of everyday life in a hard working action rock band abroad. The Hellacopters: Goodnight Cleveland is a relaxed and open-handed portrait of a band on the road. Essential viewing for anyone pondering a career in the music business, or anyone merely curious.
Misconduct has just signed with the booking agency Good Head and is currently putting together a Scandinavian tour for September and October.
New pictures at Rockfoto.nu of Isolation Years, Whyte Seeds and Her Majesty from Göteborg Kalaset.
NRK has posted the video for "Lucy" from Fenomenal. It features some kinda goofy and neat computer animation, so if that sort of thing tickles you, you may wanna check it out.
This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. The Rasmus - In My Life
02. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
03. HIM - The Sacrament
04. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
05. Killer - Naughty Boy
06. Paperboys - What U Need
07. User - Do You
08. C21 - She Cries
09. The Lost Patrol feat. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
10. The Cardigans - You´re The Storm
11. Outlandish - Guantanamo
12. Darude - Next To You
13. Mando Diao - Sheepdog
14. Christian Kjellvander - Homeward Rolling Soldier
15. The Sounds - Rock n´ Roll
16. Kashmir - Surfing The Warm Industry
17. Röyksopp - Sparks
18. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
19. Span - Found
20. Dilba - Diamonds And Motorcars
Challengers:
01. Qwan - One Life, One Love
02. Briskeby - Hey Baby
03. José Gonzales - Crosses
04. Moneybrother - Stormy Weather
05. Bertine Zetlitz - Twisted Little Star
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
The Gathering has announced that the winning entry to name it's upcoming live album is "Sleepy Buildings". Cathrin Jenssen of Germany was the "smarty-pants" fan who suggested the title which is named after an as-yet-unreleased song from the band that's floating around online. The recording of the semi-acoustic album is scheduled to take place August 21-22 at the LUX Theater in Nijmegen, Netherlands and there are still limited tickets available. Go to www.gathering.nl for more info.
Go here to read an interview with Bad Cash Quartet from Aftonbladet and to check out their new video "Midnight Prayer", the title track of the new record. (in Swedish)
Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:
01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
03. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
04. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
05. Da Buzz - More than alive
06. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
07. Robyn - Don't stop the music
08. Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt - Den andra skivan
09. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
10. Tomas Ledin - I sommarnattens ljus
11. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
12. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
13. Tommy Körberg - Gränslös - det bästa med
14. Entombed - Inferno
15. Style - Samlade hits
16. Moneybrother - Blood panic
17. Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
18. Per Myrberg - Sommarnatt Per Myrberg sjunger Taube
19. Anders Johansson - If it's all I ever do
20. Benny Anderssons orkester - Benny Anderssons orkester
Millencolin checks in to announce that the make-up dates for their cancelled US tour are now being scheduled and will kick off November 19 in Florida. Details soon. Otherwise, the band is busy writing songs for the next album. In related news, bassist Nikola recorded some singer/songwriter kind of stuff with members from The Peepshows, Bombshell Rocks and Soundtrack Of Our Lives. Maybe for an eventual solo album? And lastly, guitarist Mathias is in the studio too, but this time as producer working with the Swiss band Snitch.
Go here for pics of The Klerks from Okej Dagen.
The Sounds are coming back to the US again in September, this time with Rooney from Florida as support. The dates:
09/02 - Middle East, Boston MA
09/03 - The Kyber, Philadelphia PA
09/05 - WARQ radio show, Columbia SC
09/06 - The Buzz radio show, Nashville TN
09/08 - The Cotton Club, Atlanta GA
09/09 - Newby's, Memphis TN
09/11 - Juanita's, Little Rock AK
09/12 - Mississippi Nights, St.Louis MO
09/13 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago IL
09/15 - Bottleneck, Lawrence KS
09/17 - Trees, Dallas TX
09/18 - La Zona Rosa, Austin TX
09/23 - Roseland/Meow Meow, Portland OR
09/24 - Studio 7/Showbox, Seattle WA
09/25 - Richards on Richards, Vancouver BC
09/27 - Radio show/Boardwalk, Salt Lake City/Sacramento
09/29 - Huntridge Theatre, Las Vegas NV
09/30 - Cane's, San Diego CA
10/02 - Santa Barbara CA
10/03 - Bakersfield CA
10/04 - Chico CA
10/06 - Reno NV
Askil Holm's next single will be his duet with Kristian Asbjørnsen from Dadafon on the song "Waving Goodbye". It goes out to radio on September 1. They will also perform the song together on the Norweigan TV program "TV Innsamlings aksjonen 2003" on October 17 and 19. And in other TV-related news, his song "The Boy with the Boomerang" is being used as intro music on the NRK program "The Roadmovie".
Dagens Nyheter has a new article and interview with Bad Cash Quartet. (in Swedish)